The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-18

evening, grand military ball; Saturday evening
drills by the Richardson Rifles. Rice Zouaves.
Indianapolis Rifles and Indianapolis Light Ar
tillery, with Gatlinc gun The booths at Tom
inson Hall be ready for the ladies to decorate
tomorrow. The executive committee will urge
upon business men to close their places of bust
ness on the afternoon of Washington's birthday.
Tickets for the carnival will be on sale at Burk' g
cigar store. on Pennsylvania street, G. F..
Meyers's cigar store. on East Washington
street, at Cathcart & Cleland's, Wulschners and
Pfsfflins music stores.
CONVENTION OF MARBLE-DEALERs
The Indiana Marble and Granite dealers As.
ISOLATION have chosen the following delegates to
vile on March 2: F. j. Scholz, Evansville; Pat
rick McEnery, Sullivan II w. Godfrey, Sey-
mour; John w McGillicuddy, Valparaiso; j. p
Noftzger. North Manchester; Isaac Smthson,
Marion: W. E. O'Haver Lafayette. There were
about fifty members in attendance, representing
all the largest marble and granite firms in the
State.
CRITICISM OF SECRETARY DOUGLASS.
Mr.. S. L. Douglass. the secretary of the
National Industrial Union, which convenes in
Cinci nati next Tuesday seems to be the object
of severe criticism in labor circles in different
cities of the country, for the reason that he with
drew from the Brotherhood of Felegraphers just
at the time of the strike in 1883. At that time
he was second assistant day chief IN the
Office here, and it is alleged worked day
and night during the strike He is charged with
having voted for the demand for the strike and
On the same day wrote his letter of withdrawal.
His withdrawal card is said to have never been
accepted It is also charged that in turning
over his books to the organization. he kept back
one copy of the proceedings of the Chicago con-
vention in which the strike was formulated.
Mr.. Douglass claimed that If the copy existed
and he had not turned it over he had lost it.
LOCAL NATURAL-GAs COMPANY.
The natural gas mania, which has been rag
ing throughout Indiana for year or more,
has struck Indianapolis. Last summer the
Indianapolis Gas Company began boring a we'll
near its works on South street, but although a
| depth of several hundred feet has been reached.
there lie no indication of any probability OF
striking gas vein. However, the discovery OF
| local spectators to believe that an equally
abundant supply may be obtained in this city.
and yesterday articles were fled incorporating
the Peoples Natural gas Light and Fuel Com
| pany, which will at once begin boring wells
| north of the city. The company has capital
| stock OF S. 900, and its directors are James III.
| Rice, John j. Cooper, Joseph w. Sherwood, H.
G. Adams, w. N. Harding, jackson Landers
| and Walter Cox. The we'll. it is understood,
will be sunk near the fairgrounds, and boring
! will begin soon.
AN ECCENTRIC COUPLES STRANGE CONDUCT.
Edward Reichel resides at No. SO Peru street.
| and is employed at the Atlas works. He is very
eccentric, and so is his wife. Last summer she
became temporarily insane, and went about the
streets gathering trash of all descriptions, unit
she had several wagon-loads of tin cans and
clubs in her backyard. commission adjudged
her insane, but after she had been in the asylum
for q few weeks she was released at her hus
bands request. But little has been seen of hel
since then. For two days Mr.. Reichel has beer
missing from his work, and at the request of the
Atlas works, Superintendent Colbert sent De
tective Thornton to the Reichel home yesterday
morning to what the trouble Mr.
| in, and Mrs. Reichel then refused to allow hin
to 60 upstairs, but he went up, and found Mr.
Reichel in a very dangerous condition. deliriou
and uncared for. The case was reported to DR.
day.